The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-06
Our Way Of Thinking.

Our Way Of Thinking.
For as many years as the Inter /
st tie Commerce bill was before Con- |
gress, we denounced ii as un-DcmO- |
cratic, we denounced Its passage a
unjust and uncOn- /.
stilutional and we denOur ced Its ap
proval by the President as un-Demo- |
cratic and the biggest blunder ever
committed by an executive. Since .
its attempted execution We have
been confirmed in our former views.
Well some smar. Alex is now ready
to say yes, all these things are 81,
because the editor says so, he has
set himself up as guide and staEd>
ard fDr the Democracy, AMI every
thing is un-Dem >cratic that be does
not endorse Not 50 however, We
are nOs ilfaliblp, nor DO we care
fl for the opinion Of men who have
never made Democracy q study.
We have o right to our opinions and
to express them, end that same
right belongs to every other nun.
But we will say this an we mean
no offcnse, that men WHO put them
selves up as guides and leaders of
others GU, h. to give cIch subject
preset Il t. the public for approval
or dis approval thorough considera~
ton IN Investigation before giving
the command to :'furward march, or
.'abnut face m lrch." 1t IS great deal
easier to lea | people when you are
right, than to lead people when YOU
are wrong or when there is even a
doubt as to the correctness of your
position. We have the credit, we
admit, of bein! extreme in our ii VS.
and nttio0s. But We have always
40 TO this time ha the goo | fortune
and tn inward satisfaction uf being
\ RENE il the right direction and
on the RIG t sid If we have ever
written OF spoken word against
the principles of our p trty, or lvo-
Gated al un.DtmOCratic measure for
pUticy'S sake, or from any motive
whatever, We are mt cOgnizaut Of
having 80 don" and would he
obliged to any friend to jog our
memory. The difference in the
/ DEMOCRAT and some Of our breth-
rem Of tn. press consists in the fact
that we lived before the war and
. during the war as well as since,
while some Of our br,tnren were too
young In tiO-e days TO become i'm
prr.aattd with tHe leading Demo
cratic id as as uuder5tDO | in these
! d avs or have come upon the politi-
cal pIatfDrm since the war. and It a
time when men did not deem it be st
70 90 the full length of the true De
mocracy while the Southern States
were under military rule, KNOW 2
that the principles though asleep OF
he'd il aheyance would neyec die
and could be called into action at
any time Ia the future. From 0nr
stand point that time Is low at hand,
hut r. atty to or slrprls', 1t la,
Income dangerous to advocate ID
IN ,crarN pure and simple. We real
~ dUh't mean an harm tt any
one by being Democrat, nor do W.
mean TO BE- dtSCou?tepI 70 or
hrethren 10y advocating OLD fa>hjnA
ID mocracy. And We have never
thought until recen -ly it was cr.m
in he eyes of the Democracy Of tie
country 10 be ID mOtrat.. Ne q.
a Republican stand point to be a
Democrat. To H. Il Democrat here
tofore was to be |. sal 30 the Csnsti-
tuition and to tn rights of the pc,
pie to be r publican was tn lie q
traitor to both. Bat the or Ter OF
things is nov ver>ed. The Only
true Democrats now are those Who
have slipped into The shoes Of the
Republicans and are adv coating the
Republican measures AM pultIng in
to practice Republican principle,
One of the Senators from \ oama
says he is for protection. Louis.
ana Democrat are in accord with
the Rrpu lican party on that subject
Snu,h Ca!O ina Democrats are on
the fence. Virginia aud West Viz
ginia Dem' Gratis seem to have
turned a complete so n.rsanlt ant
h0pped into the rar k; % II" Rtpuh-
lican party. New I,rk, New Jerse,
and Connecticut Democrats are iii.